Earnest and Dennis, Charles Ancell and I have exchanged information and he probably sent me the sme history but at the moment. my computer problems have me limited , but one of these days I hope to get back into the genealogy. Charley's mother, Mary, is a daughter of Charles Eldridge Dover and Kathleen Druelinger and I think that she and I may be the only two remaining grandchildren of the original 19. Charles E. was one of my Dad's brothers so Mary and I are first cousins. There were five boys and three girls, but all are now gone. My grandfather was the station agent at Sikeston and my father, who was the oldest, told me he used to go down and start the stove and sweep out the station for his father in the morning. Dad became a telegrapher and my mother would take over the key at night so he could get a nap on the mail bags. I have a picture of him during watermelon season when he was a station agent, but I can't read the name of the station. it might have been Potosi, but I'm not sure. I remember Mom telling me they had a room in a boarding house and during the watermelon season, Dad would not get home until late at night, when he would turn on the light, which was a single bare buld hanging on its wire in the middle of the room and then stri[p naked to try to pick off the fleas. the farmers would eat some of their melons while waiting to unload their wagons and throw the rinds on the ground which would attract the hogs that had fleas, of course. Dad, eventually, got a job with the Deleware and Hudson Co. at their headquarters in Albany, ny and when they moved to NYC the family moved to Brooklyn, NYand then later to NJ. Dad was the Asst. Treasurer when he retired.- And now back to my computer problems. Jack -- Original Message ----- From: "Earnest Dovers" <edovers2@cox.net> To: <DOVER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [Dover] Giles > Dennis Charles Ancell is the son of Harold Ancell and Mary Dover. Jack, > charles Ancell has the complete history all the way back to Philip Dover > died 1830 and married to Margaret. He gave me a copy but it is not on my > computer. I know he would share it with you. I have his telephone number > and would share it with you. E-Mail me at edovers2@cox .net. Charles is > the administrator of the Sikeston Hospital. > > Dennis Dover wrote: > >>Jack, >> >>Where does Charles Ancell fit? I believe he was the source of the letter I >>posted and I couldn't think of it at the time. I know he has (or had) info >>on the internet. If I remember right he or one of his family worked for >>the >>railroad. Cotton Belt I think. My Grandpa was with the Cotton Belt in >>Paragould, Arkansas. The line changed names a few times (old Union >>Pacific). >> >>Dennis >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: JOHN R DOVER [mailto:fnjdov@patmedia.net] Sent: Thursday, February >>16, 2006 12:06 PM >>To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [Dover] Giles >> >>Pam, >>Yes, of course Pam, I will be happy to share with you and the others >>whatever information I have. I see that Dennis already has the letter >>from Elmer to my father which I have worked on from time to time for many >>years, but I had never seen the letter from Marcus that Dennis also was >>good enough >> >>to transmit. My father was very interested in the family history, as I >>have >> >>been, but most of the work he did or had done concerned his mother's >>Russell >> >>family. The article about the Russell reunion was of great interest to me >>and although I was not there, I do have an 8mm movie that Dad took, but >>unfortunately with almost no one left to identify the participants. >> >>I do have quite a lot of family information, but almost none of it >>supported >> >>by proper records. I also have a third cousin living in Montana who has >>very good records. My first cousin Mary (Dover) Ancell still lives in >>Sikeston. Her son is very interested in the Dover family history and I'm >>sure has more complete information than I do, so we should be able to >>help. >> >>My parents were: >> >>Giles Lucas Dover, b Sep 26, 1888, Pevely, MO, d Aug 4, 1959, Summit, NJ, >>m >> >>Aug 17, 1907, Sikeston, MO (m date may have been 1908) >>Lena May Thogmorton, b Jan 17, 1889, Milan, TN, d Nov 13, 1976, Millburn, >>NJ >> >>John Eldridge Dover, b Oct 5, 1858, Sulphur Springs, MO, d May 3, 1940, >>Sikeston, MO, m Oct 19, 1887 >>Addie Cessna Russell, b Oct 2, 1868, Arcadia, MO, d ? Sikeston, MO >> >>Jerome Bonaparte Dover, b Nov 1, 1826, New Albany, IN, d Aug 31, 1905, >>Desoto, MO, m Aug 13, 1854, Jefferson Co. MO >>Margaret Lucas, b about 1834, MO, d 1907, Desoto, MO >> >>John Dover, b Dec 4, 1789, VA, d Oct 14, 1857, Bethlehem, MO, m Dec 9, >>1817, >> >>Louisville, KY >>Jemima Stevens, b Feb 2, 1790, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire Co., >>England, d Oct 4/6, 1873/4, Bethlehem, MO >> >>Phillip Dover >>Margaret >> >>Pam, I have shown John Dover's birthplace as VA because that's what he >>gave to the 1850 census, but I understand that others have found that he >>enlisted >> >>in the Army in 1812 from Wheeling, WVA, which was still part of VA in >>1789. >>Thanks again, Pam, and I hope this information helps. >> >>Jack Dover >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <Pami54@aol.com> >>To: <DOVER-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 10:40 AM >>Subject: [Dover] Giles >> >> >> >>>Jack, >>>Can you give me Giles' ancestors...I see that John E. Dover's father was >>>born in Indiana? >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Pam >>> >>> >>>==== DOVER Mailing List ==== >>>Genconnect board >>>http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.dover >>> >>> >> >> >>==== DOVER Mailing List ==== >>Dover resources at Rootsweb >>http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOVER/ >> >> >> >> >>==== DOVER Mailing List ==== >>Take Part in the DOVER DNA Tests >>http://www.familytreedna.com/index.html >>http://www.dovertree.com/pages/5/index.htm >> >> >> > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover resources at Rootsweb > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/d/o/DOVER/ >